About Vision Invest
- Our Shareholders, Al Muhaidib Group and Abunayyan Holding founded ACWA Holding in 2002 to spearhead public-private partnerships in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the utility sector by founding ACWA Power. In 2018, we rebranded Vision Invest to align our mandate with Vision 2023. Our journey has taken us beyond the borders of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, extending across the GCC and beyond.
- Our DNA remains that of a boutique investment house, built on core values of talent as our true equity, trust through strong governance, delivering stakeholder value with focus, driving innovation, and upholding credibility as our most valuable currency.
Team Member Value Proposition
- Culture: a strategic pillar for Vision Invest and the essence of our shared DNA – it is this all-encompassing culture that makes us excited to show up at work every morning.
- Vision: Investing for lasting impact - driven by innovation and sustainability, we strive to add long-term tangible value and make a positive impact to the communities we are invested in
- Team: You collaborate with and learn from top global talent. Enabled by an integrated value chain, we bring out the best in each other and work together to achieve our vision.
- Empowerment: You are empowered to define and lead initiatives, with freedom to explore, create, and innovate. We celebrate curiosity and creativity, encouraging every team member to excel beyond their expectations.
- Growth: Join us in a constructively challenging, high-performance environment where personal growth and professional development are encouraged and accelerated.
Role Purpose and Summary
- Provide support to NBD leadership and transaction teams through various stages of a transaction lifecycle from pre-qualification to submission and financial close; conduct thorough financial and market analysis to derive recommendations contributing towards decision-making
Experience
- 5-7 years of experience in investment banking, private equity or corporate banking
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field
- Master’s degree in Business Administration is a plus
- CFA or equivalent certification is a plus
Key Responsibilities: Role Specific Technical Responsibilities
- Transaction lifecycle support
- Support the NBD senior team members in the origination phase, including the preparation of market trends analysis, support presentations for internal and external use, preparation and submission of Expressions of Interest, market sounding exercises and preparation and submission of Statements of Qualification
- Research and analyze potential partners at different levels of a PPP transaction i.e.: co-investors; EPC contractors; FM/OM partners, assessing technical capabilities, fitness for purpose & financials
- Work closely with the transaction lead through the various stages of project management including tender preparation and submission, negotiations, project award, commercial close and financial closure and any subsequent operational activities
- Support closely the transaction lead and collaborate with the various specialized teams engaged in the bid process, including those responsible for the technical, insurance, financial, legal, and maintenance workstreams; Own and lead partially, or in full, one or more of the workstreams to submit and close transaction deals, depending on the transaction
- Manage and lead the closing of the various due diligence processes involved in PPP deal transactions and sell/buy-side M&A transactions with different stakeholders i.e.: internal and external
- Prepare high-quality pitches and presentations and provide support to workstream leads on the preparation and negotiation of the various documents (e.g.: non-disclosure agreements; project documents; sponsors’ related documents; debt and equity funding related documents, contractual heads of terms, etc.)
- Collaborate and support the Project Companies on behalf of the Sponsors in any task related to the project (e.g.: modification of financial facilities, contract amendments, etc.) including coordination with relevant stakeholders
- Financial analysis
- Lead the completion of in-depth financial analysis and research of potential investment opportunities, including financial modelling, valuation, and risk assessment
- Manage and coordinate with financial advisor towards building PPP concession-based financial models from scratch for new projects and bids, including running the model for internal purposes
- Build and manage internal models (shadow financial models and cost models) towards building PPP concession-based models from scratch for new projects and bids, including running the model for internal purposes
- Support and coordinate the financial assessment of opportunities including returns, asset value, sensitivities, scenarios, deliverability and efficiency of tax, accounting and economic assumptions
- Maintain and work with the financial models of the portfolio companies to support project-specific corporate initiatives, and contractual modifications; assess investment feasibility and apply lessons learned from previous transactions by different deal teams
Top Skills
What We Do
Vision Invest is a leading Saudi Arabian development and investment holding company at the forefront of Public and Private Sector Partnerships in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Gulf Cooperation Council and beyond.
Since 2002, Vision Invest has nurtured synergetic partnerships with leading local, regional, and global partners and refined a boutique investment model, anchored by the entrepreneurial spirit of our people, to deliver sustainable value to our clients through impact investments.
Today, guided by Vision 2030, the Kingdom has embarked on a dynamic and transformative plan with a renewed focus on sustainability, delivering world class infrastructure, diversifying the economy, localizing best-in class technology, creating added-value employment opportunities, and increasing the role of the Saudi Private Sector.
As echoed by our Chairman Mr. Mohammad Abunayyan, “recognising the opportunities presented by the dynamic and future-oriented Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, and the Kingdoms fast-paced advancement, we rebranded in 2018 as Vision Invest with the aim to contribute our part to realising this Vision in the Kingdom and across all communities where we invest.”.
Our identity is not just a name. It is the essence of our operating model as captured in our Core Values, DNA, and entrepreneurial spirit.
Vision Invest is proud of the diverse portfolio of holdings it has developed together with its clients and partners, across a wide range of vital sectors including power generation, water desalination, industrial gases, logistics, transportation, district cooling, wastewater treatment, energy efficiency and social infrastructure.
We look forward to continuing our path of high impact investments that drive value for our clients, partners, shareholders, stakeholders, and communities.
